{"id":7742,"date":"2013-10-29T12:27:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T04:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/?p=7742"},"modified":"2015-02-18T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T11:48:30","slug":"thinking-about-future-february-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/archives\/2013\/10\/29\/thinking-about-future-february-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;thinking about future&#8221;, february 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My father is now bugging me to get a scholarship with the RSAF. It does not interest me at all. I have no interest in the military and I don&#8217;t want to spend 6 years doing something which i have no desire or passion for, at all.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he respects how I&#8217;ve done in my music and my band, and he knows that I&#8217;m where I am because I am genuinely interested in what I&#8217;m doing, and that if I were interested in my studies, I would be somewhere, blah blah.<\/p>\n<p>Well I&#8217;m not interested in putting in effort into things that I&#8217;m not interested in- is it that hard to accept?<\/p>\n<p>There are several things that interest me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I want to be involved in education. I definitely want to teach. I want to make a difference to people&#8217;s lives.<\/li>\n<li>I want to write, be it articles, books, whatever. I want to write informative, social commentary that will make a positive impact on society. I haven&#8217;t decided yet, but I believe that there will be people who are interested in what I have to say.<\/li>\n<li>I want to write good songs and play good shows; to make a difference to listeners and fans.<\/li>\n<li>I want to revive Singapore&#8217;s music scene and I want to help good bands and songwriters out.<\/li>\n<li>I want to own and invest in several businesses- I am presently trying to startup an events organization venture.<\/li>\n<li>I am interested in economics, finances, et cetera- but I have no interest in jumping into that river. I will constantly educate and update myself about such things, but I don&#8217;t want to make a living out of it.<\/li>\n<li>I want to be involved with the media somehow- I am interested in being involved with a print production, say a magazine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I want to be doing things which I want to be doing- I don&#8217;t want to wake up one morning when i&#8217;m 40 or 50 and regret what I&#8217;ve done. I believe that money isn&#8217;t everything, but I believe that sound financial intelligence will allow you to live comfortably without debt, whatever your line of work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My father is now bugging me to get a scholarship with the RSAF. It does not interest me at all. I have no interest in the military and I don&#8217;t want to spend 6 years doing something which i have no desire or passion for, at all. 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